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From: tedcrane@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Changing from daylight time to standard time
Message-ID: <2753@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 16:04:03 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.2753
Posted: Thu Oct 29 16:04:03 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 02:11:31 EST
References: <8710241907.AA29503@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: tedcrane@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane)
Organization: Tompkins County Computing, Ithaca, NY
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In article <8710241907.AA29503@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> R021JM9W@VB.CC.CMU.EDU (Jim Murawski) writes:
>        I have whipped up a command procedure
>        (that'll run in batch) to automatically change the system time
>        and notify the console that the time has changed.  This same
>        procedure can also be used when changing from standard time
>        to daylight time.  To submit it, type:
>...followed by a long and complicated command procedure...

It's a great idea to have that command procedure, but the operant portion
could be simplified somewhat along the lines:

	$ OLD_TIME = f$time()
	$ set time="+01:00:00"
	$ NEW_TIME = f$time()

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